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Aestas
The Four Seasons
Summer
Aestas
The Four Seasons
Pieter van der Heyden (Netherlandish, about 1530–after March 1572)
After: Pieter Bruegel, the Elder (Netherlandish, about 1525–1569)
Published by: Hieronymus Cock (Netherlandish, 1510–1570)
After: Pieter Bruegel, the Elder (Netherlandish, about 1525–1569)
Published by: Hieronymus Cock (Netherlandish, 1510–1570)
about 1570
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Platemark: 22.6 x 28.6 cm (8 7/8 x 11 1/4 in.)
Sheet: 25.4 x 31.3 cm (10 x 12 5/16 in.)
Sheet: 25.4 x 31.3 cm (10 x 12 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Seth K. Sweetser Fund
Accession Number33.558
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Van Bastelaer 202, i; Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. III, Bruegel) 202; Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. IV, Cock) 262; Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. IX, Van der Heyden) 64, i / ii; Orenstein (New Hollstein, Dutch & Flemish, Bruegel) 30, i / ii
State
I/II
DescriptionOne of two designs by Bruegel (Spring and Summer) for a Four Seasons series issued by Cock in 1570. Fall and Winter were designed by Hans Bol, although no drawings for these prints survive. All four were probably engraved by van der Heyden, although only Spring bears his monogram.
Signed
Not signed
Marks
Verso, MFA stamp with old accession number in graphite: 32984
InscriptionsIn plate, within image: Cock excu. Bruegel Inuet
In plate, at lower left: Iulius, Augustus, nec non et Iunius Aestas. [July, August, and also June make Summer]
In plate, in cartouche, at lower center: AESTAS// Adoles centie imago/imago [Summer, image of youth]
In plate, at lower right: Frugiferas aruis fert Aestas torrida messeis. [Hot summer brings bounteous harvests to the fields]
In plate, at lower left: Iulius, Augustus, nec non et Iunius Aestas. [July, August, and also June make Summer]
In plate, in cartouche, at lower center: AESTAS// Adoles centie imago/imago [Summer, image of youth]
In plate, at lower right: Frugiferas aruis fert Aestas torrida messeis. [Hot summer brings bounteous harvests to the fields]
ProvenanceMay 22 - 24, 1933, anonymous sale, C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, as one of 4 prints in lot 199; July 20, 1933, purchased from that sale by the MFA. (Accession Date: July 20, 1933)